Lucasfilm Appears To Be Lining Up Future Film And TV Shoots In New London Production Facility
Ever since Disney purchased Lucasfilm, all of theStar Warsmovies have been filmed at Pinewood Studios in London. But it looks like the next batch of films set in a galaxy far, far away may have found a new home.
Reports of a newly-registered production company (which could potentially hint at a newStar Warsproject’s working title) have been linked to Lucasfilm and suggest thatStar Warsmay be packing up from Pinewood and moving across town to East London, to the new East Brook Studios which is slated to be open by the end of this year.
According toFantha TracksandBespin Bulletin(viaJediNews), Lucasfilm are shareholders in a new company that was registered in the UK on June 14, 2025 calledBarking Lion Productions (UK) Limited. That name is probably a nod to the London district of Barking & Dagenham, the future home of East Brook Studios. When the new London production facility is finally completed, it will rest under a sign that reads “Made in Dagenham” – possibly a shout-out to the2010 movie of the same nameabout women fighting for equal pay in the workplace.
This will be a 200,000 square feet facility with twelve sound stages for filming, and theDailyMailreported that longtime James Bond producerBarbara Broccoli, the British Film Institute, and London Film School were all involved in setting up a “centre of excellence” there with training facilities on site as well.
The current speculation is that Barking Lion Productions could be a code name for either Lucasfilm’s upcoming Cassian Andor prequel series on Disney+, or potentially even the first film in Rian Johnson’s newStar Warsfilm trilogy, which is expected to finally expand what we know of theStar Warsuniverse in a major way by featuring characters and locations that have not been in any of the existing movies.
Of course, there’s also the chance it’s for something else entirely, likeIndiana Jones 5or therecently-rumoredChildren of Blood and Bone. ButMakingStarWars, who generally has reliable intel on things like this, actually reported all the way back in April that both the Cassian Andor series andDavid BenioffandD.B. Weiss’s firstStar Warsfilm (which will come out before Johnson kicks off his new trilogy) will be shooting at this new location, making it the first Disney-eraStar Warsmovie to shoot outside of Pinewood. But Pinewood shouldn’t feel too left out: several Marvel movies have filmed there with even more on the way, includingBlack WidowandThe Eternals.
